We all know how much the iPad and its various models cost. But how much do the components that actually comprise the iPad really cost? According to the analysts at ISuppli, about $260.

Since officially going on sale last weekend, everyone it seems has been deconstructing the iPad - and not just the guys at iFixit. In addition to jailbreakers, modders, and your run of the mill Apple fan boys, there is no shortage of individuals who want to know everything about the iPad from the inside and out. ISuppli's latest findings help to nicely satisfy that growing appetite.

All told, the components that make up the $260 iPad include several chunks that largely account for the bulk of the tablet's cost of production. For example, the touch-screen display alone ($95) is responsible for more than one third of the entire materials cost of the low-end iPad. The neat little processor (brought to life by Apple and Samsung) chips in another $26.80 to the total package.

Of course, if you're talking about a whopper of an iPad - the $699 64-gig model, for example - the cost of production spikes substantially, with Apple's materials cost settling in at $348.10, according to research from ISuppli.

Shortly after the iPad was announced on January 27th, iSuppli analysts estimated that the cost of the device's components would run Apple about $220. That prognostication, however, was blithely unaware of the sophisticated innards of the tablet computer, which is packed with more silicon chips than previously anticipated.

How much profit they make about $100 cause of the people who work at apple there fees and so much more so that's not that much but still $700000x100=$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that's just the begining lol this mf will be swimming in $100 bills alot of them with a big *** deepend

i dont care how nuch it cost to make one, why dont we all go and get all the parts and try to built it our selfs and see if it comes out this nice, oh please who cares? everyone is out to make monney. why should apple and steve not make any money off their hard work and amazing device. i dont care i'm happy with my device and next year they will get my money again and again hahahahahahaha.

i beg all the Moderator here stop posting this king of news here, please this is more garbage that we dont need to here about apple or the way that they market and sell their amazing devices that they give us for realy nothing. i remenber in the early 80's when motorola would come out with one garbage phone every month and sell it for 1500 or more, no one cry about it so please stop crying about apple's prices . what we need to do is try do get back some of the money that motorola got from all of us ,for the garbage phones that they gave us hahahahahahas.

The cost to make to cost to purchase is moot. That's how business is run, it has to be so as to make a profit. If you want to complain about it then build one yourself. I mean this goes for ANYTHING. a music cd. Cost .10 to make and is charged $15. A pair of sneakers is probably $10 or less in material, but can run upwards of $70. Sure I wish it was cheaper. But is it unreasonable? Not at all. The iPhone cost about the same afaik.

i dont care how nuch it cost to make one, why dont we all go and get all the parts and try to built it our selfs and see if it comes out this nice, oh please who cares? everyone is out to make monney. why should apple and steve not make any money off their hard work and amazing device. i dont care i'm happy with my device and next year they will get my money again and again hahahahahahaha.

i beg all the Moderator here stop posting this king of news here, please this is more garbage that we dont need to here about apple or the way that they market and sell their amazing devices that they give us for realy nothing. i remenber in the early 80's when motorola would come out with one garbage phone every month and sell it for 1500 or more, no one cry about it so please stop crying about apple's prices . what we need to do is try do get back some of the money that motorola got from all of us ,for the garbage phones that they gave us hahahahahahas.

Even considering the research and development, assembly, shipping, and various other costs, I doubt it costs more than 50 bucks per unit to take care of those costs. Not to mention the more units that are produced/sell the less it effectively costs per unit.

Originally Posted by dale1v

I don't understand.

I am certain you understood, you just anted to poiny out a poorly written post.

Paraphrased, he is saying that there should be a profit margin and there is one. Also, this is a crap "news" post (in his opinion).

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Well for the high cost you have to factor in all the money Apple spends on advertising, manufacturing, buying out smaller companies and paying employees. So of course the iPad is going to cost more to buy then to make. They have to make a profit.

Originally Posted by lolcats1

i will pound you mercilessly with my bacon rod until your your eyes pop out.

Even considering the research and development, assembly, shipping, and various other costs, I doubt it costs more than 50 bucks per unit to take care of those costs. Not to mention the more units that are produced/sell the less it effectively costs per unit.

I am certain you understood, you just anted to poiny out a poorly written post.

Paraphrased, he is saying that there should be a profit margin and there is one. Also, this is a crap "news" post (in his opinion).

thank you my brother, you understood what i was trying to say. i was at work when i wrote it, and my boss was around i was trying to do it fast lol.